These lists record data for cinemas in Canada presenting films
in CINERAMA, VistaVision, the various 70mm processes (Todd-AO, Super
Panavision, Super Technirama, Ultra Panavision, post-1963 ‘CINERAMA’) and IMAX
commencing with the initial 20-year period when large-frame exhibition was
introduced to the Canadian market.

The 10 cities where these cinemas were/are located - Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Quebec City, London, Hamilton - are listed in
chronological order by date of first large-frame print screening. Likewise, the
cinemas within each market are ordered according to the commencement of
large-frame release engagements, and dates when these venues subsequently
closed or altered mode of operation are specified. A local CinemaScope premiere
date - which was, in fact, the first occasion when a ‘widescreen’ motion
picture was exhibited in each city - is also included.

This data has been compiled principally by consulting
advertisements appearing in daily newspapers as preserved on microfilm - and
will therefore reflect any inaccuracy and imprecision recorded in the source
material.